08-07-2021, 02:58 AM
True. The irony is that vaccinations are driven by these outbreaks but those rushing to get the jab are too late to protect themselves against this outbreak. I’m still waiting for my 2nd shot and even when I get it I’ll have to wait another 2 weeks for it to give me maximal benefit.
There was an article from a science reporter in The Age who pointed out that people irrationally take into account the likelihood they’ll be infected with Covid in the next week or so. When Covid is well contained, people therefore think there’s little risk of infection, so the infinitesimal risk of an adverse reaction to the vaccine isn’t worth taking. The reporter points out that we should be assuming we’ll all be exposed to Covid at some point in the future, so we should weigh the risk of death or serious injury from a Covid infection against the risk of death or serious injury from taking the vaccine. And particularly for older people, taking the vaccine is the only rational choice. As the reporter points out, who has managed to escape colds or flu over the last few years? Once Covid becomes endemic, it’s only a matter of time until it does the rounds.
There was an article from a science reporter in The Age who pointed out that people irrationally take into account the likelihood they’ll be infected with Covid in the next week or so. When Covid is well contained, people therefore think there’s little risk of infection, so the infinitesimal risk of an adverse reaction to the vaccine isn’t worth taking. The reporter points out that we should be assuming we’ll all be exposed to Covid at some point in the future, so we should weigh the risk of death or serious injury from a Covid infection against the risk of death or serious injury from taking the vaccine. And particularly for older people, taking the vaccine is the only rational choice. As the reporter points out, who has managed to escape colds or flu over the last few years? Once Covid becomes endemic, it’s only a matter of time until it does the rounds.